Jordan Crook

Senior linebacker for Arizona State. 2025: 101 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

LB · Arizona State · Sr. · #8

5′11″ · 220 lb · Duncanville, TX

CFB Index 76 · #79 of 583 LBsHigh confidenceReturning to Arizona State for 2026

How he plays

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait.

Tackles: 98th percentile.

The full scouting read

The numbers

101

tackles · 2025

8 TFL · 2 sacks · 2 PBU

Statement game12 tackles · 3.5 TFL · 1 sackvs Texas State (FBS) · W 34-15

Top 1% tackles for loss game since 2021.

His career numbers, season by season

The story

4 linebacker for Arizona State. 2025: 101 tackles, 8 tackles for loss, 2 sacks.

Signed as a 3-star recruit to Arkansas in 2022.
Transferred from Arkansas to Arizona State in 2024.

His career, year by year

Jordan Crook

LB · Arizona State · Sr · #8

Is steady in every phase without a signature trait. Two head coaches in four seasons, at two different programs. 2025 brought the first one: All-Big 12. The receipt: 14 tackles, 0.5 TFL against West Virginia — Week 12, 2025.

Low coverage — composed from the verified record.

positional archetype classification
head-coach lineage
recognition record
game log

2025 snapshot

Season context · Team result + system

2022Arkansas7-6HC: Sam Pittman · Run-heavy

2023Arkansas4-8HC: Sam Pittman · Run-leaning

2024Arizona State11-3HC: Kenny Dillingham · Run-leaning

2025Arizona State8-5HC: Kenny Dillingham · Balanced

Where this defender ranks vs the field

Box-score production percentiles vs the position cohort

76All-Conference level #79 of 583?

High confidenceSustained Ascent7 metrics · season cumulative

Elite: tackles (98th percentile). Strength: solo tackles (98th percentile).

Box-score production (7)

Tackles#48 / 2975 · 98th pct

101

Solo tackles#54 / 2975 · 98th pct

Tackles for loss#198 / 2975 · 93rd pct

8.0

Sacks#487 / 2975 · 80th pct

2.0

QB hurries#634 / 2975 · 72nd pct

Passes defended#777 / 2975 · 67th pct

Interceptions#304 / 817 · 31st pct

Percentiles are versus same-position peers with enough snaps this season, based on box-score production. There are no play-by-play efficiency bars here: CFBD's play-value model credits offensive players only, so no defensive EPA exists to rank.

Splits & context

Splits · Per-game

2025 season · 13 games

Home/Road · Season halves

Home vs Road

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Home7g	9.9	1.1	0.3	0.1
Road6g	5.3	0.0	0.0	0.2

First half vs Second half

	TKL/g	TFL/g	SACK/g	PD/g
Weeks 1-77g	7.3	0.8	0.3	0.1
Weeks 8+6g	8.3	0.4	0.0	0.2

Supporting cast · Scheme

Staff and system around the player

2026 season

Head Coach

Kenny Dillingham

Scheme reads (pass share, tempo, sack rate) need at least 3 team games — 2 games in so far.

Awards

Player standing · 2025

Impact starter

Tackle volume for the position among the most productive regulars.

Recognition

Roster2-deepStarterRecognizedEliteApex

Production · CFB Index Score

76 · #79 of 583 LBs

Three-star recruit. Now #79 at the position.

2026 outlook

Outside shot for All-Big 12

Based on 2025: #12 of 73 Big 12 LBs

How the All-Big 12 estimate is computed

22% estimated, 95% confidence interval 19–25%. Base rate measured from players who finished at a comparable rank in their conference and came back the next season. It is an estimate from a small sample, not a forecast of this player.

Career stats

Season	Team
2025	Arizona State	101	52	8.0	2.0	2	1	--
2024	Arizona State	57	28	3.5	0.0	2	1	--
2023	Arkansas	28	8	1.0	1.0	--	--	--
2022	Arkansas	5	4	0.0	0.0	--	--	--
Career		191	92	12.5	3.0	4	2	--

Signature game

SIGNATURE GAME · Week 8 · 2025

W 26–22

vs Texas Tech

7 TOT · 1 SOLO

A wire-to-wire battle — won by 4 at home.

With S. Leavitt — 319 yds · 1 TD · 0 INT · QBR 70.6 · 3 rush yds (12 car) · K. Floyd — 1 SOLO · 1 TOT · 39 AVG

Game log

Game log · Week-by-week

2025 season · 13 games

Box score · CFBD

Wk	Opp	TKL	SOLO	TFL	SACK	INT	PD	Note
Wk 1	W 38-19vs Northern Arizona	7	5	1.0	1.0	—	0
Wk 2	L 20-24@ Mississippi State	5	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 3	W 34-15vs Texas State	12	7	3.5	1.0	—	0	3.5 TFL
Wk 4	W 27-24@ Baylor	9	5	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 5	W 27-24vs TCU	7	4	1.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 7	L 10-42@ Utah	2	0	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 8	W 26-22vs Texas Tech	7	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 9	L 16-24vs Houston	11	6	2.0	0.0	—	0
Wk 10	W 24-19@ Iowa State	6	5	0.0	0.0	1	0
Wk 12	W 25-23vs West Virginia	14	10	0.5	0.0	—	0	Season-high 14 tackles
Wk 13	W 42-17@ Colorado	1	0	0.0	0.0	—	1
Wk 14	L 7-23vs Arizona	11	8	0.0	0.0	—	0
Bowl	L 39-42@ Duke	9	1	0.0	0.0	—	0
Total		101	52	8.0	2.0	1	2

How he plays

Play style

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

CFB Index positional classification

Activity vs finishing · season enumeration

What the box score actually says

13 games

101Tackles

52Solo

8TFL

2Sacks

2Pass def.

1INT

101 tackles. 2 passes defended. 1 interceptions. 8 TFL.

Week 11 sack
Week 31 sack
Week 51 PD
Week 101 INT
Week 131 PD

Counts only, never a rate — splash-event sample sizes this small (interceptions, pass breakups, TFL) are noise as a rate and signal only as a tally.

2026 Outlook

Arizona State

2026 Depth chart

Projected starter

Linebacker · Arizona State

Returning around him

4 Arizona State players drafted to NFL
Transfer portal: +3 net (24 in / 21 out)

2026 Award watch

No preseason watch lists yet (most drop June 15 – July 15)

Arizona State · Last season: 8-5 (AP #24) · Talent rank #45 · 2026 recruiting class #40

DNA match

Player DNA

Balanced Linebacker

Solid in every phase without a signature dimension.

His 2025 production profile sits closest to Nick Anderson’s 2022 season.

Nick Anderson

81%match

Tulane · 2022

Bryun Parham

San José State · 2023

80%

Jaylen Wester

Western Kentucky · 2025

78%

Kyle Jacob

Navy · 2024

77%

Marques Watson-Trent

Georgia Southern · 2023

All-Sun Belt

76%

Matches Nick on

Weight

Solo tackle rate

TFL rate

Differs from Nick on

Class year (higher)

Not enough data yet for this comparison.

As a senior, his production profile tracks closest to Jaylen Wester's senior season at Western Kentucky (2025).

Jaylen Wester

86%match

Western Kentucky · 2025

Jaylen Reed

Penn State · 2024

All-Big TenNFL Rd 6

85%

Trey Fields

North Texas · 2025

All-AAC

84%

Ahmaad Moses

SMU · 2025

All-ACC

83%

Treylin Payne

Texas State · 2025

All-Sun Belt

82%

Matches Jaylen on

Solo tackle rate

TFL rate

Weight

Player DNA

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Jalen Smith

Hawai'i · 2025

79%

Jordan Thompson

Coastal Carolina · 2026

78%

Trey Fields

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75%

Seth Naotala

Old Dominion · 2024

74%

Joshua Rudolph

UTEP · 2025

67%

Stats from CFBD · ESPN · fan discourse. Every figure computed from source tables — not invented. Methodology

Jordan Crook

20223 games

202411 games

202513 games

2025 snapshot

Splits & context

Awards

Impact starter

Career stats

Signature game

Game log

How he plays

DNA match

Balanced Linebacker

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